When I saw the news that GTSI Corp. and World Wide Technology Inc. had won the small-business contracts under the Army's Information Technology Solutions Enterprise 2 Hardware program, I had to scratch my head.
It is pathetic that anyone believes yet another regulation will help prevent improper business practices. ["Ethics rules proposed for federal contractors," Washingtontechnology.com, Feb. 16]
Rep. Henry A. Waxman's latest government contracting legislation includes several provisions that are unnecessary and may be detrimental, according ITAA and others.
Although information technology-savvy acquisition personnel at DHS have developed customized applications to help them perform their jobs, their efforts have created disjointed levels of service, according to a deputy inspector general.
The intelligence community has launched a new steering committee to guide its information sharing activities, under the leadership of associate director for national intelligence and CIO Lt. Gen. Dale Meyerrose (USAF-Ret.).
Root out burdensome overregulation, ban permanent Internet taxes and make research and development funding ongoing, a panel of technology and telecommunications business representatives and owners urged a congressional committee.
In-Q-Tel, the private venture capital firm created by the CIA, made a strategic investment this month in StreamBase Systems, a provider of high-performance complex event processing software.
Federal agencies are improving in their efforts to secure the nation's information technology framework ? but only moderately so, according to OMB's fiscal 2006 report.
DHS plans to use its centralized Eagle contracting vehicle to hire contractors for two projects intended to consolidate several LANs and provide IT support for the program management office that will oversee the job.
Bull Services will implement new business intelligence technologies for California to improve Medicaid program administration through a four-year contract.
Rep. Tom Davis has asked for information on the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program's technological changeovers, along with the latest strategic plans.
